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Club 10 – Practice 10 – 2nd May 2018

Club 10 – Practice 10 – 2nd May 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA very windy night produced some surprisingly good times on Wednesday.  Regulars will know that a strong wind directly behind on Penny’s Lane is a good sign as you get a 2 mile kick start followed by mostly cross winds, with very little head wind.  We had a few first time riders and all went […]

Club 10 – 2-up – 25th April 2018

Club 10 – 2-up – 25th April 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes  Wednesday saw the start of our popular club 10’s on the Lach Dennis course.  The weather was cool with showers scudding across the skies but fortunately skirting around the course on either side.  18 riders supported the event, some riding solo and others as pairs.  The winning pair was Steve Malkin & Paul Connor […]

To 25 or not to 25…. that is the (Within

Reading Time: 5 minutesNot to 25 as it turned out. The Withington Wheelers 25 was, at the last minute, shortened to a 10, due to roadworks at the Ollerton crossroads, complete with temporary traffic lights. Nevertheless, a TT was held, and we had 2 of our riders out today. Andy Milligan, who consistently batters out excellent times, was opening […]

Fifty miler TT

Reading Time: 4 minutesFinally found some time to write a blog about my fifty miler TT at the weekend… So, in an effort to keep my much loved ladies BAR trophy I knew I needed to complete a 50 this year – a distance I always dread because it feels like a forever sat in a TT position. […]

WVCC Guardian Cup & Scratch Trophy 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesWell, a tougher night than we’ve had in a few weeks greeted the riders who were contesting the Final Fling, the overall Scratch, and most importantly, the Guardian Cup. Before this last round, Paul Connor found himself leading by a single point ahead of Tony Booth. tonight, it was an all out battle to improve […]

Guardian Cup Round 8 – 19th July 2017

Guardian Cup Round 8 – 19th July 2017

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe threatening thunderstorms held off so the brave few who turned up actually enjoyed quite a good night.  Also it hammered is down after the event so everybody went home happy.  Jim Duffy put out another good ride but most excited finisher was Alison who beat 2 people tonight and well and truly rubbed Dave […]